Who needs Elliot When You Can Re-Sign Shillinde.

AFC Wimbledon have once again started their annual dismantling of a decent team by agreeing to let popular striker Tom Elliot walk off to Millwall but insist that this is an amazing thing because past glories will keep us going for years.

In a statement by the club they said that whilst they offered Tom Elliot a decent 'wedge' to stay, he didn't want to be paid in cheese and biscuits and so is moving to South East London; but it's ok because it's a year since the club was promoted to League One and we'll have all the fans focusing on their day out at Wembley rather than the fact that in a years time they'll be preparing for life in League Two after selling all their best players.

First team boss, Neal Ardley commented "it's ok, i'm already seeing loads of pictures being retweeted online from a year ago, the master plan is to win a couple of games pre-season and then head back to League Two where we might be able to afford a few more players".

Got a QPR shirt, Boss?

Whilst fans are reliving their celebrations of every promotion or victory, ever club is busy arranging the transfers of Lyle Taylor, Jake Reeves, Sean Kelly & Jon Meades so that some 'wheeling and dealing' can be done, but it's ok because at least we have a club, no decent players but we have a club and thats the most important thing said Chief Fan Erik Samuelson.

When asked about some of the transfer targets said to be on Ardley's shopping list the man himself said it included former players such as Sammy Hatton, Glyn Shimell, Luke Moore and Bobby Shillinde; so keep posting your pictures from a year ago and it'll all be fine!

Dons Fans Vote For Someone Crap.

As with Londoners everywhere the fans of AFC Wimbledon go to the polls today knowing that any victorious candidate be it, Sadiq Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnn!!!!!! or Zak Goldenpalace will probably give just as much as a shit about their planning application for a return to the Wombles spiritual home in Plough Lane as the last mayor, Bojo The Clown.

Bojo famously, pulled in the the dons planning application for a new stadium on Plough Lane claiming 'There was no logical reason for doing so but i thought it would make everyone laugh'

Zak Goldenpalace being mates with Bojo The Clown is expected to give as much of a fuck as his  conspirator colleague leaving Dons fans and the footballing world in general baffled as to why AFC Wimbledon are still being used as a political football.

AFC Wimbledon disguised as political football.

Voting for for Sadiq Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnn!!!!!! isn't expected to raise much hope for the Dons faithful either as he's due to start a eugenics war shortly after taking the mayorship of London. Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnn!!!!!! is also well known for wanting more affordable housing on the New Plough Lane site, not understanding that football is so much more important than being concerned about where poor people live.

As with every other election there is widespread expectation that the few hippies left in London will vote Green in the blind hope that it'll all be ok in the end and that the former neo-nazi parties will unite behind UKIP still under the delusion that it's respectable to be racist because Britain has a 'Conservative' government.

When asked who he voted for on exiting the polling station internet blagger, Rancidbarfly replied 'i've had a bit of a night on the lash so i'm not really sure....the Star trek villain, i think...' before stumbling off home to sweat out some more alcohol.

One thing all Londoners can agree on this polling day; at least the only trump we have to put up with is the one after a plate of baked beans.

Follow the Dons in Aid of Asthma UK!

So everytime someone uses my ticket this season and watches the Mighty AFC Wimbledon they give £10 to Hazel and Ian who are holding the ticket for me. At the end of the season i will donate it all to Asthma UK!

here is a list of all the home games my ticket can be used for :

SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER : MORECAMBE - SOLD £10 DONATION
SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER : HARTLEPOOL - SOLD £10 DONATION
SATURDAY 21ST NOVEMBER : WYCOMBE - SOLD £10 DONATION
TUESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER : DAGENHAM - SOLD £10 DONATION
SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER : STEVENAGE - AVAILABLE
SATURDAY 26TH DECEMBER : BRISTOL ROVERS - AVAILABLE
SATURDAY 16TH JANUARY : MANSFIELD - AVAILABLE
SATURDAY 30TH JANUARY : YOEVIL - AVAILABLE
SATURDAY 13TH FEBRUARY : LUTON - SOLD £10 DONATION
TUESDAY 23RD JANUARY : CARLISLE - AVAILABLE
SATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY : OXFORD -SOLD £10 DONATION
SATURDAY 5TH MARCH : ACCRINGTON - SOLD £10 DONATION
SATURDAY 19TH MARCH : YORK - AVAILABLE
MONDAY 28TH MARCH : PORTSMOUTH - AVAILABLE
SATURDAY 16TH APRIL : CRAWLEY - AVAILABLE
SATURDAY 23RD APRIL : LEYTON ORIENT - AVAILABLE
SATURDAY 7TH MAY - NEWPORT COUNTY - AVAILABLE

So there it is, Potentially £170 to donate to asthma uk! if all games get sold i will bump up the extra £30 to make it a round £200.00.

I will update this as we sell the tickets so that everyone knows what's available!

you can email me : rabidbarfly@hotmail.com and i'll put you in touch with Hazel and Ian!

Follow the Dons for Charity!

Morning all!

I hope this lovely August weather has you all in the mood to watch some league two football and following the mighty Dons with the usual gusto!

As many of you know, i'm back off to South Africa for seven months with my (much) better half who is working out there.

This means i will once again miss most of the season. Fear not though, my season ticket will be getting used, i hope! You can use it for just £10 quid per game, a saving of £7.

My good friends Hazel and Ian will take possession of my season ticket after the Barnet home game on October 3rd and all you have to do is contact me via email if you want to use it and i'll give you their contact details(if you don't already know them).

All you have to do is hand over a tenner to them, enjoy the game and hand the season ticket back to them when the game ends, simples!

i'm still deciding which charity the money will go to but rest assured it'll be a good one and in the interests of clarity i'll update you all on which one before i jet off to Cape Town in 5 weeks time.

So ten quid ain't much for watching league football so go on! Follow the Dons, you won't go wrong...

if you don't have my email it is : rabidbarfly@hotmail.com

UPDATE ON SUNDAY 4th OCTOBER : As a lifelong Asthmatic, the charity I have decided on is Asthma UK. 

Shrewsbury Home

Well that was a bit frustrating. Not all of the pre-season hope is lost though, plenty to take away as positives.

Team-wise pluses and minuses.

James Shea preferred in goal to Ross Worner was harsh on Worner I thought and Shea did little to convince me that he's ready for League 2

Barry Fuller, steady, signed a 2 year extension this week so that's great news. He's had better games but he did nothing wrong.

Alan Bennett, not great. Lacked pace and it showed. Shrewsbury got through far too often. Worry late on when he was stretchered off with a head injury. Centre backs seem to be falling at an alarming rate. Especially with the scum coming up on Tuesday.

Adam Barrett - OK, but you could tell there's work needed on the defensive partnership.

Jack Smith - I thought he did well and he was instrumental in Tubbs goal.

George Francomb - did ok, i think he's quality and he hasn't really shown it since his initial loan spell with us, really hope he has a good season because when he plays well the team does.

Sammy Moore - here, there every-fucking-where. Well no, not really but he played well and didn't go down injured once....no, really!

Dannie Bulman - Experienced but off the pace consistently and was not impressive at all.

Sean Rigg - Scored a debut goal after good work from Akinfenwa and Francomb. Good running down the left and i think he'll be real quality this season.

Matt Tubbs, good headed goal after cross from Smith. The partnership with beast should be good this season.

Ade Akinfenwa, man of the match by a country mile, flawless performance other than missing from 8 yards after some good work by himself to create space.

Kevin Saint-Luce(On for Francomb) - Entered the fray far too late, should have been brought on when we went 2-1 up.

Mark Phillips (On for Bennett) - Not on for long enough to comment as was an injury replacement late on.

Considering how much experience there is in the side now, we seemed to get bullied for long periods and the referee was appalling again. We need to be stronger and quicker so as to not try to rely on refs being good enough because they never are.
 2-2 was a fair result but we should have been 3-1 up at one point and we'd have been a lot more confident at 3-1 up. Ah well, i don't care about the result on Tuesday as long as we kick lumps out of the franchise scum bags. would like to beat them though....

It's Only Pre Season

Thank God. It's only pre-season.

All of the hope that Dons fans had about this season seems to have evaporated already after the 3-0 loss to Margate on yesterdays first pre season friendly.

Let's not overreact peeps, it is only pre season, did you all really think that we'd start playing as a team straight away?

We've had some great plays join us this year and the calibre of them suggests that Neal is going all out this season. Lets have a look at the squad we have this year...so far.

Goalies
Ross Worner(1) - we al know he's a quality keeper and should be first choice again this season after seeing off Seb Brown last year....if he turns up on time!
James Shea  - NEW SIGNING Apparently brought in to give RW a bit of competition, at 23 he's still a bit green in goalkeeping terms. We'll see what Neals thoughts are for the Chelsea game as i think he'll probably put out his strongest team..
Joe McDonnell - NEW SIGNING Brought in for the development squad which means he may get some game or bench time in the London Senior Cup. one for the future.
Ashley Bayes (20) - Bayso will probably just be coaching this season and by all accounts he's quite good at it so lets hope that's all he's required for!

Rabidbarfly's opinion : Good quality there, can't see Shea dislodging Worner though unless there's a catastrophic loss of form and confidence. 4/5

Defence
Barry Fuller (2) - Right Back - Player of the season last year, quite rightly personally he's the Captain i would choose for the squad, legend & leader after just one season!
Jack Smith - NEW SIGNING Left Back - Experienced left back will probably get the no.3 short this season after being released by Millwall.
Andy Frampton (5) - Surely a season long starter, he's a warrior and leader, we looked really vulnerable last season without him and even at 35 from September he'll be a vital player to keep fit.
Alan Bennett (6) - He's our club captain and he's a good player but a bit too injury prone. If he stays fit he'll be useful. If he does keep picking up injuries i can see him retiring at the end of the season.
Mark Phillips -  NEW SIGNING Solid central defender but by all accounts lacking a bit of pace. We'll see how he pans out, Neal is pretty shrewd so another case of in Ardley we trust?
Will Nightingale (32) - Yet to start a first team game, not even sure he's come off the bench but by all accounts was impressing in the development squad last year, just as assured in midfield too.
Chris Arthur (19) - Left Wingback/Midfielder. If 'Beast' can stay fit he'll be useful again, bombing down the left, could do with being a tad more defensively minded but he's very effective going forward.

Rabidbarfly's opinion : We need more defensive cover in the right back position. If Barry Fuller (do do de do do) gets injured it'll be Francomb at RB and i think he's more effective in Midfield. 3/5

Midfield
George Francomb (7) - Right midfielder - Much in the Ardley mould, oozes quality when he's on form but not good at centre midfield where he was played far too often last season. I hope we can keep him fit and in form.
Sammy Moore (8) - Longest serving player now, has survived the cull due to putting himself about last year, passes it sideways too often to a lot of fans dislike but we need someone who can play a simple ball and keep possession. Underrated for my money.
Dannie Bulman - NEW SIGNING From Crawley, a lot of people got excited about this one, he's a bit of a hard man and may well pick up a lot of cards, could well keep Sammy out of the side. stat 35 he's going to want to start a lot of games for us this season and will probably be getting the no.4 shirt vacated by the injury prone Peter Sweeney who was released earlier in the summer.
Harry Pell (12) - He's sublime or he's awful. Hopefully the former this year, lost form half way throughout the season and only showed glimpses of his talent last year. I really really hope he's bang on this year because he'll be a real force if so.
Jake Nicholson (29) - Can be elusive but didn't really get a chance to shine last year, hopefully the quality will come through this year. Notoriously played, and scored against Cheltenham last season when unregistered, not his fault.
Kevin Saint-Luce (16) - Mercurial winger who is still yet to convince people that he can really penetrate a defence, unlikely to start a lot of games but great at coming of the bench and making an impact.
Chase Jacquart (25) - Unlikely to get many games with Rigg and Arthur in front of him, must have some talent for Ardley to keep him on, likely to go out of loan to the Conference.
Tom Beere (30) - Attacking midfielder - has shown quality and deserves a chance, unlikely to get it unless there are injuries, another case of possible loan out to get experience.
Harry Cooksley (33) - more a case for more development squad experience or loan out, unlikely to get any starts.

Rabidbarfly's opinion - Lots of quality, lots of potential, lots of experience, good midfield that. 5/5.

Attack
Adebayo Akinfenwa - NEW SIGNING - Likely to get the no.10 shirt that was vacated by Jack Midson a couple of months ago. He's all muscle apparently! Experienced, exciting and will provide a perfect partner to the on loan Matty Tubbs.
Matty Tubbs - NEW SIGNING (SEASON LOAN) - Another exciting attacker who will get into the box and score a hatful of goals, we can only hope there's no crisis at his parent club that gets him recalled. Will probably get the no.9 shirt that so many wanted Kedwell to wear again.
Sean Rigg - NEW SIGNING - Lots of quality here, left winger that is likely to be starting a lot of games if fit. Exciting to have him at the club. Will probably inherit the no.11 shirt from the crisp packet.
Adebayo Azeez - NEW SIGNING Apparently a speed demon. Will probably be used as an impact sub this year. Spent most of the last couple of years on loan from his former parent club, Charlton.
George Oakley (34) - hit 5 goals against the Franchise u-18s last season so he's already a legend, hopefully he'll do well in the development squad again and get a couple of sub appearances.

Rabidbarfly's opinion : pretty good attack although Azeez and Oakley are unproven at League 2 level.  I think there may be another loan coming to bolster the attack. 4/5

Overall i think we have a pretty good squad although a lot of the players that Neal has brought in are ageing and may pick up easy niggling injuries that younger players recover more quickly from. There is scope to hope that the play offs are realistic this year should they start playing as a team by season start on August 9th. If we finish mid table i fear we'll lose Ardley to a bigger club. If we see real progress then the fans will be happy and the Manager will probably stay.

until next time, it's only Chelsea next week!

The Morning After...

It's not often I feel compelled to post on this blog as I'm not a sports writer or commentator.

After last nights 4-3 extra time win against York City in the FA Cup, sponsored by Budsheister though, I feel the need.

This morning, the BBC reported that AFC Wimbledon will face their 'fierce rivals' M***** K***** should the club stealing bastards win their replay against Cambridge City. Umm....fierce rivals suggests that you want to play that team, that there is a local rivalry, a mutual respect, no matter how slight.

No. Our club was stolen from us, ripped away, Elvis had left the building.

I don't personally know any AFC Wimbledon fan that would want to travel to M***** K***** and back again to watch a football match. My opinion is 'complicated' so bear with me. Whilst I want to support AFC Wimbledon and travel where ever they play, there's a validation issue that needs to be addressed.
The aforementioned 'club stealing bastards' should not have a football league place, they should not be validated or recognised in any way shape or form, any AFC Wimbledon fan planning to go to M***** K***** should remember this and think very carefully about what they are doing and what sort of club they think they support. If you spend money on travelling to the game in M***** K*****, money on the ticket to get into the game, and food or drink bought at the game, you've instantly validated a team that should not exist, a team, in all Wimbledon fans opinions, that is 'not in the wider interests of football' to borrow a phrase from that idiotic three man committee.

I will never to to M***** K*****, should the team have to travel there I hope AFC Wimbledon open their bars on the Saturday or Sunday so that we can all come together and watch the game(which is bound to be on telly, given the interest) at our club, spending our hard earned cash in our club, generating income for our club. I hope, should that game come to fruition, that my Dons can overcome the club stealing bastards and, as we did in May 2011 with our play-off win, start putting some well needed ointment on wounds that will never truly heal(until that is, MK **** hopefully go out of business).

We could all be completely over reacting, after all tonight's replay between the club stealing bastards and Cambridge City could end in a Cambridge City win and we could all have a jolly old jaunt up to Cambridge on the first weekend in December. It is the FA Cup after all and every Dons fan knows exactly what can happen in the FA Cup, even if it is sponsored by ButtCrackBeer!